Does football cause brain damage? Available evidence suggests anecdotal media reports need to be assessed carefully

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 547-549

  Kaye, Andrew H ^a,b   McCrory, Paul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; STEROID; TAU PROTEIN;

ANXIETY; ATHLETE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOTBALL; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW; MASS MEDIUM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPORT INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HUMANS;

EID: 84861635552     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10539     Document Type: Editorial

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